iis and python

[Doug Fort]

My boss (David Cohen) has coined the acronym 'WIMP' (Windows, IIS, MySQL,
Python) corresponding to 'LAMP' (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Python).  Our  CGI
stuff will run under either Apache or IIS.

"tech" <im_cne at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F5622749FED6DA5D.AF4594816A4865C9.16CD98F1C1FAC3F6 at lp.airnews.net...
> I am going to do a project building a web front end  while my friend is
> going to build the back end.
>
> The backend will be MS SQL. The front end will be a web interface, IIS 5.0
> or whatever comes with win2k .
>
> I have a choice of doing php or python.
>
> In order to use python it would have to entail cgi or ASP. Is this
correct.
> Or is there an alternative. I dont know if Zope is the right thing. I hate
> DTML.
>
> Is using python in ASP a pain in the but? Am I going to have to learn a
> whole technology just to implelment python well into it?
>
> I hear troubleshooting ASP pages is not fun.
>
> The only time I have used iis is with php and it was a total snap.
Painless.
>
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